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...case, I have never seriously considered the position because I would never quit my judgeship for it,” Posner says...
...renomination of Charles Pickering for a federal appellate judgeship a clever feint by George Bush? That's what many Senate Democrats now think. Bush announced last week that he will send Pickering's name back to the Senate for an appeals-court seat in New Orleans. The conservative Mississippi judge, strongly backed by Senator Trent Lott, was nominated last year but blocked by Democrats over questions about his civil-rights record, including a 1959 law-review article he wrote opposing interracial marriage. Why would President Bush revisit that battle so soon after Lott resigned as majority leader over racially loaded...
Though Banales, a Democrat, has been accused of issuing his order to win popularity at the polls next year--his is an elected judgeship--his cheering section includes probation officers who already see a sobering effect on new probationers. "It's definitely a deterrent now," says Iris Davila, probation supervisor in the Nueces County Community Supervision and Correction Department. "Other offenders are saying to us, 'We'll do whatever it takes not to have signs...
...Garza problem reawakens a perception that Ashcroft has worked to overcome since taking office: that he is insensitive to minorities and racial issues. The biggest issue during his stormy confirmation hearings was his campaign, as senator, against a federal judgeship for Ronnie White, an African American. Since taking the helm at DOJ, Ashcroft has announced a series of minority appointments - his deputy, who just took office, is black, for instance - and said two of his top priorities are racial profiling and voting rights. Is there any clearer example of racial profiling than the fact that in every case from...
...This is a very tough judgeship to get and keep, and Garrett knows he has to stand again for election in a few years. He knows voters will remember every decision he makes in this case and in Blanton's, which Garrett's also been assigned...